Ice Cube Press Books

This collection of poems reflects my day dreams. Many of them reference my childhood thoughts and wishes. The intention has been to write poems which are personal in nature, yet have universal themes such as love, loss, wonder, and joy. “Armstrong marries universal emotion, personal narrative, and clear language to create an evocative whole.”—Fran Baker, […]

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Order Direct. Book is now in paperback as we have limited hardcovers left. The Full Story behind the upcoming movie. Learn all about #LiveLikeLine Hear Bill speak about Live Like Line/Love Like Ellyn on Writer’s Voices Gazette article on Live Like Line/Love Like Ellyn and second article Article in the Press Citizen Hear Bill talk […]

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Wonderful piece in the Iowa City Press-Citizen Nice article in the Cedar Rapids Gazette “The author’s observations and comments range from descriptive to reflective, humorous to poignant interweaving the observations of a five-year-old boy with his mother at the 1939 New York World’s Fair with an adult’s perspective on The Great Depression and World War […]

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Order Direct from the publisher! Living in her dead parents’ house in 1996, Nancy Adams is about to go to work at the Florida high school from which she graduated twenty years earlier. Her new boss was her teacher back in 1976, a man she adored. She was seventeen then. He was twenty-seven. He is […]

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Full flavored, wise, and wildly alive, Salvatore Marici’s poetry rings and beats in your head as he travels through the Amazon, Guatemala, Sicily, doctor’s offices, arenas, kitchens, and the Midwest. From one poem to the next, there is a connected cord. The imagery these poems project will have you swishing, swirling, and sniffing amidst the […]

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Living with miracles is not as easy as people think. A boy walks on water, but that’s perhaps the simplest miracle of all in this collection of engaging short stories full of both everyday and far out miracles. Some real, some hopeful. Love and travel, as well as wit and humor spice these tales of […]

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Some folks might say Samuel “Pond Ball” Clintock drew the short stick in life. He wasn’t born with a Cadillac in his driveway, a Titleist in his fairway, or a caddy on his bag. He isn’t one of the “in” kids at Harry S. Truman middle school. His best friend in life and partner in […]

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